Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has approved the administrations proposal for the extension of a process that authorizes the Expediency Council to review the remaining bills regarding the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) requirements, a VP said. Iranian Vice President for Legal Affair Laya Joneidi announced on Monday ...

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global anti-money laundering watchdog, has agreed to a demand by the United Sates to toughen rules and regulations vis--vis Iran because the country has been evading sanctions imposed by Washington. The US Treasury Department said on Saturday that the FATF members had agreed in their three days of meeting ...

Tehran Times - Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghadam, a member of the Expediency Council, has said that any talk about accepting the FATF (the Financial Action Task Force) is a distortion of the countrys power. Those who like the FATF should know this is a trap. Talking about accepting it is a distortion of the Islamic Republic of Irans power in countering ...

MNA A member of Iranian Parliaments economic commission says the move by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Tehran on its blacklist has no impact on the countrys economic ties with others. Speaking to Mehr correspondent on Monday, Mohammadreza Pourrahimi, a member of the Iranian Parliaments economic commission, said even before the ...

Financial Tribune - The Financial Action Task Force blacklist means significantly increasing the cost of doing business with the outside world, a senior member of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said. Referring to the decision by the global anti-money laundering watchdog a week ago to put Iran on its blacklist, ...

Tasnim Irans administration issued an official statement about the Financial Action Task Forces recent decision to put the country on its blacklist, describing the move as the result of provocations and political motivations from certain ill-wishers of Iran. Following is the text of the statement, released by the Iranian administration at a Wednesday ...

IRNA - Central Bank of Iran in a meeting here on Tuesday evening discussed the CBI plans for stabilizing the forex market, controlling inflation rate, boosting non-oil exports and dealing with the recent FATF decision to blacklist Iran, Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati said. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) during its six-day meeting ...

MNA Iranian Presidents Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi said that the government in its recent session has taken decisive measures to neutralize effects of Financial Action Task Force (FATF). He made the remarks late on Mon. in a session of 'development and investment' in Fars province and added, all responsible organizations and institutions should ...

Financial Tribune - To get out of the dreaded blacklist of the Financial Action Task Force, Iran does not need to start from scratch or pluck stars from the sky, says a former Iranian diplomat. The door is open for Iran to come out of the FATF blacklist it only needs to resume where it had stopped, Kourosh Ahmadi was quoted as saying by IRNA. He ...

Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global body that sets standards to combat money laundering and terrorist finance, has placed Iran back on its infamous blacklist, following the failure of Iranian policymakers to enact two key bills in accordance with an action plan set in 2016. The FATF statement,...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the Financial Action Task Forces decision to blacklist Iran, saying the move will be used to justify the intensification of inhumane sanctions on the country. "We were trying not to let America and the Zionist regime announce us as the violator of these actions despite the fact that we are pioneer ...

Financial Tribune - Placing Iran on the global anti-money laundering watchdogs list will have mixed results on economic sectors, says the head of the Money and Capital Market Commission of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture. Acknowledging the destructive impact of Fridays Financial Action Task Force decision, Mohsen ...

Press TV - Irans rial has hit new lows in unofficial trade after a decision by the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF) to blacklist the country although critics insist the decision would fail to negatively impact the economy. Reports on Saturday from an unofficial currency market in downtown Tehran showed that the rial was weakening against major ...

The Wall Street Journal | Ian Talley and Kristin Broughton: Iran is facing long-term financial isolation under new sanctions levied by the global terror-finance watchdog Friday, sending a stout warning to Pakistan, which was given additional time to put its own house in order. The Financial Action Task Forces action against Iran was made more permanent ...

Financial Tribune - Financial Action Task Force, the global anti-money laundering watchdog on Friday put Iran on its blacklist after Tehran failed to comply with international anti-terrorism funding norms. This came after Iran failed to meet the deadline set the by the watchdog at FATFs last meeting in October to fully comply with FATF standards....

Press TV - Iran says the move by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place the country on its blacklist was a politically-motivated decision, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic can never be labeled with money laundering and financing of terrorism. "Unfortunately, this is also part of the politicization of international mechanisms [carried ...

MNA Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Iran on its blacklist after Iran allegedly failed to comply with international anti-terrorism financing norms. Reuters revealed the news, adding that however, the FATF appeared to leave the door ajar for Iran saying countries should also be able to apply countermeasures independently of any call by ...

Tasnim Head of the Iran World Trade Center Mohammad Reza Sabzalipour shrugged off a decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to blacklist Tehran, saying there is no reason for the country to fear the move because it has already been targeted by the most severe sanctions. Speaking to Tasnim, Sabzalipour pointed to the Friday decision by ...

FNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Tehran would blame the US policies if the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decides to put Iran's name on its blacklist. "All European, Asian and African ministers and representatives, including from Japan, China, Russia, Turkey, South Africa, etc., supported Iran in the recent days ...

MNA Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Tuesday that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is unlikely to include Iran on its blacklist. "FATF's decision about Iran is not definite yet," he noted, "It may add Iran to the blacklist, but in my view, the probability for that is very low." Answering a question ...